Transcript CzechInvestEN

Investment Opportunities in the Czech
Republic
Celje, September 17th, 2012
CZECHINVEST
Investment & Business Development Agency
Ministry of Industry and Trade
CzechInvest
Investment and Business Development Agency
to support foreign direct investment
mission
to develop local companies
to implement business-development programs
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
to improve business environment
Priority Sectors (Investment Opportunities)
High-Tech Manufacturing Sector:
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Automotive, Aerospace
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Electronics and Microelectronics
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High-Tech Engineering, Nanotechnology
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Biotechnology, Pharmacy and Medical Equipment
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Renewable Energy and Cleantech
Business Support Services:
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IT & Software Development, Expert Solution Centres
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High-Tech Repair Centres, Shared Services Centres
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(HR, Accounting, Finances)
Technology (Design) Centres:
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Innovation Activities, Applied R&D
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
CzechInvest in Numbers
1993 – 2011
Approved Projects (total)
New Jobs Created
Total Investment Amount
Prestigious Awards
1,798
228,380
27,804 (USD million)
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-- 2009 Best Website among All Investment Promotion Agencies, World Bank
(2nd position in 2012)
-- 2009 Inward Investment Team of the Year, Business Destinations
-- 2004 Best Practices in Promotion Award, World Investment Forum
-- 2002 Best Advertisement Promotion Agency in the EU Accession Countries
-- 2001 European Investment Promotion Agency of the Year
-- 2000 European Investment Promotion Agency of the Year
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
Investments by Country of Origin (total value)
Poland, Slovakia,
Russia
0.5%
Other
0.9%
USA
Taiwan 8.2%
1.6%
1993 - 2011
BeNeLux 6.8%
Czech Republic
17.90%
Austria, Switzerland
4.7%
Canada, Mexico
2.0%
China, India 0.5%
Scandinavia
2.1%
France
4.2%
Germany
23.9%
United Kingdom
3.3%
Italy, Cyprus, Spain
3.4%
Korea
6.5%
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
Japan
13.7%
Investments by Sectors (total value)
1993-2011
Other
18.6%
Biotechnology,
medical equipment
0.1%
Aerospace
0.4%
Metal products
1.5%
IT and software
development
2.2%
Food industry
0.1%
Engineering
8,19%
Chemistry, pharmacy
7.4
Manufacture of motor
vehicles
41.2%
Plastics, rubber
5.0%
Electronics,
electrotechnics
10.9%
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
Paper, wood
processing
3.6%
Strategic services
center
0.9
More Projects with Added-Value
2011
1994
24%
48%
28%
100%
MFG
MFG
SC
TC
Note: MFG - Manufacturing Industry, SC – Service Centers, TC - Technology Centers
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
Major Investors - Manufacturing
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ABB (eng.+el.)
BOSCH (aut.)
CONTINENTAL (aut.)
DAIKIN (eng.+el.)
DENSO (aut.)
FOXCONN (el.)
HONEYWELL (eng.)
HYUNDAI (aut.)
IPS ALPHA (el.)
KIMBERLY CLARK (med.)
MAFRA (print.)
MAGNA (aut.)
NEMAK (aut.)
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
╌ PANASONIC (el.)
╌ SAINT GOBAIN (build.)
╌ SHIMANO (eng.)
╌ SIEMENS (el.+aut.)
╌ SYNTHOS (chem.)
╌ TEVA (phar.)
╌ TORAY (tex.)
╌ TOYOTA+PEUGEOT+CITROEN
╌ TRW (aut.)
╌ UNILEVER (food)
╌ VOLKSWAGEN (aut.)
╌ CATERPILLAR (eng.)
╌ JOHNSON CONTROLS (aut.)
MAJOR INVESTORS - Technology Centres
╌ AUTOPAL (aut.)
╌ BANG & OLUFSEN (el.)
╌ BOSCH (aut.)
╌ DENSO (aut.)
╌ EMERSON (el.)
╌ GE AVIATION (aero.)
╌ HONEYWELL (el.)
╌ INGERSOLL RAND
╌ LATECOERE (aero.)
╌ LONZA (bio)
╌ EATON (eng.))
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
╌ MERCEDES-BENZ (aut.)
╌ OLYMPUS (med.)
╌ ON SEMICONDUCTER (el.)
╌ PANASONIC (el.)
╌ PROCTER&GAMBLE (chem.)
╌ RICARDO (aut.)
╌ RIETER
╌ SIEMENS (el.)
╌ VOLKSWAGEN (aut.)
╌ VISTEON (aut.)
╌ VALEO (aut.)
╌ EDWARDS (eng.)
R&D Financial Support Tools
Czech Government supports R&D activities through the use of various
tools:
╌ Deduction of all R&D costs – companies can
deduct R&D costs from their tax base and at the
same time include them in eligible costs
╌ Grants from the National Research Programme
╌ Investment incentives to support companies
setting up or expanding technology centres and
centres for industrial R&D
╌ Grants from EU structural funds supporting the
creation or extension of the R&D capacities and
supporting innovative projects
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
National Programmes:
Ministry of Industry and Trade
T.I.P. (Technology, Information Systems, Products) – supports R&D activities in
companies and research institutions in order to encourage the creation and
transfer of new technologies and innovations into industrial production ensuring
its efficiency and competitiveness as well as sustainable economic, social and
environmental development of the Czech Republic.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2012
Investment Incentives
-- Act on Investment Incentives No. 72/2000 Coll., as amended
Supported activities
-- Manufacturing industry
- Acquisition of a new or expansion of an existing plant
-- Technology centres
- Establishment or expansion of R&D centres
-- Business support services centres
- Establishment or expansion of shared service centres, SW development centres or high-tech
repair centres
Source: Act on Investment Incentives No. 72/2000 Coll.
Types of Incentives
Following items summed up cannot exceed the ceiling of state aid
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Tax incentive
Job creation grants
Discounted price of land
Cash grant on capital investment
(in case of strategic investment)
Granted above the ceiling of state aid
-- Training and retraining grants
Source: Act on Investment Incentives No. 72/2000 Coll.
Bilateral Technological Cooperation
The objective of the programme is to support technological cooperation between
enterprises from the Czech Republic and from a country outside the EU
The project should result in production of high-tech products
Areas of support:
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Mechanical engineering
Electrical-engineering and electronics technologies
Information and communication technologies
Energy, sustainable and clean technologies
Agricultural and food-processing technologies
Biotechnologies
Medical technologies
Source: CI internal documents
Structural funds 2007-2013
Proposed operational programmes covering R&D to be implemented in the
Czech Republic:
Operational Programme
Allocation
Enterprise and Innovation
EUR 3,041.3 million
Research and Development for Innovation
EUR 2,070.7 million
Education for Competitiveness
EUR 1,811.8 million
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
OP Enterprise and Innovation
Supports:
╌ Investment into R&D capacities of companies
╌ Creation of new (particularly innovative) companies
╌ Innovation
╌ Transfer of R&D results into practise
╌ Infrastructure for enterprise and innovation
╌ Cooperation between companies
╌ Consultancy and advisory services
╌ HR development
╌ Regeneration of brownfields
╌ Mediator: CzechInvest
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
OP Enterprise and Innovation
Programmes:
Prosperity - supported activities include the
establishment and further development of science and
technology parks, business incubators, and technology
transfer centres, as well as creation of a network of
business angels which encourage the establishment
and development of innovative firms.
Potential - helps companies to set up and increase
capacities necessary for the implementation of
research, development and innovation activities.
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
OP Enterprise and Innovation
Programmes:
Cooperation - is intended for those who want to cooperate
with other companies in their branch and to establish cluster.
This programme enables the improvement of mutual ties
and the establishment of long-term, advantageous
multilateral partnerships of firms, universities, research
institutes, regional authorities and other institutions in the
given region.
Innovation – the programme contributes to the protection of
intangible goods in the form of patents, utility models,
industrial designs and protected trademarks.
Source: CzechInvest, 2012
CzechAccelerator 2011-2014
The objective is to support innovative Czech companies in developed
foreign markets.
www.czechaccelerator.cz
Thank you for your attention.
www.czechinvest.org